Bracket.



H. ZIMMERMAN.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. s, 19o7.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

' wvewtoz UNITED STATES HARRY ZIMMERMAN, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed August 3, 1907. Serial No. 386,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States, andresiding in the city of Fremont, county of Sandusky, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to brackets, particularly to that form of bracketused for supporting the brace rod of a shutter bower, and consists inconstructing such brackets so as to secure a maximum of strength with aminimum of weight while reducing the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracketembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a plan in part section; Fig. 3, an endview; Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing another form in which thebracket may be made.

The bracket consists essentially of two members A, B, each bent at rightangles to form a cheek piece 2 and a base piece 3. The check pieces maybe of any of the forms shown, or of any shape desired, and are adaptedto support a cross bar or pin 4.

It will be seen that each member may be stamped fiat out of a flat sheetof metal, and

then finished by bending on a line to bring the parts 2, 3 at rightangles, thus avoiding expense of manufacture, while the article isstrong and of ready application to the support by screws which serve inmost cases to connect the members together.

The connecting pin 4 may be surrounded by a sleeve 19 which serves as anadditional brace for the cheeks 2.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangementshown, I claim 1. A bracket consisting of two separate members each bentto form a base piece and a cheek piece, the base pieces constructed tooverlap and provided with coinciding openings, and the cheek piecesseparated and parallel to each other, and a cross piece con necting thecheek pieces at their outer ends.

2. The combination with parallel cheek pieces of a bracket, of aconnection between the cheek pieces consisting of a hollow sleevebearing at its ends against the inner faces of the cheek pieces, and arivet extending through the cheek pieces and sleeve and connecting alltogether as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my. signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses KATHERINE DICK, MATIE BISNETTE.

